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One thing I wanted to photograph this summer was the Milky Way. Willie and I planned an August trip to Yosemite to shoot the high country and it also turned out that we would be there for the height of the Perseid Meteor Shower. Perfect timing on our part! We photographed sunset at Mono Lake and the Milky Way over Tioga Lake on our first evening.The clock read "am" by the time we got to sleep.
As soon as I woke up in the morning I knew something was wrong. I had no energy, I was having hot and cold flashes, my cough had gotten worse and my nose started to run like a faucet. I figured a good hearty breakfast of eggs and bacon would help. Nope. As the day progressed I realized I had come down with the flu. After several naps, some DayQuill and a hamburger I started to feel better. Willie and I hiked 9 miles to Upper Cathedral Lakes for sunset. Not so easy when you have the flu.
We finally made it over to Mono Lake to photograph the Perseid Meteor Shower and in 45 minutes I managed to captured 14 meteors streak through my composition. Satisfied that we had the photos we wanted we began to walk around Mono Lake trying to find some Tufa's, salt formations created by the lake. The Milky Way positioned itself above these Tufas and we setup and started photographing. Right in the middle of one of my shots I giant fireball streaked through the sky! Tufi's, Milky Way, and Meteors -- what more could I ask for (and thus "T.Msquared": Tufa, Milky Way and Meteors)!
Willie painted the Tufa's with 2 flashlights while our cameras exposed for the Milky Way.
I find the Tufa's in this photo to be a bit boring and cluttered by all the shrubbery and therefore don't love this shot, but I thought it was worth posting because of the meteor next to the Milky Way.
Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24mm f/1.4G ED:
24mm, f/1.4, 15 sec, ISO 3200
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Perfect timing - 2 freights meet at Rødovre. I could see the Hector Rail freight approaching, but I wasn't sure if it would be blocked by the other freight. Fortunately I managed to get a decent picture of Hector Rail 241.011 "C-3PO" - even though not with the whole train - with Samskip intermodal freight 42706 (Krefeld-Uerdingen - Falköping) on January 21, 2026, 14:10.
I believe this is the first time I was able to catch a train coming under the DeKalb coal tower at the exact time the setting sun was shining through one of the windows of the coal tower. There is only a minute or two of opportunity for this, so even though the sun was a little muted due to clouds, the timing was just perfect on this 8-29-17 date.
Otter Point, Acadia National Park
There are some photographic challenges unique to coastal environments which can ultimately make or break a photo. For a given composition to work, you not only need the right time of day, but the right wave from the right tide, which may only happen once a week...ideally with a half-decent sunset. I'm pleased to say this one worked out!
Also, a thank you to Joseph Rossbach and Kurt Budliger for serendipitously holding a workshop in the area. If I hadn't noticed a dozen tripods from their workshop the night before, I might have missed this location.
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( NOT HORSESHOE BEND) An original location.
A series of images taken on a circumnavigation of Derwent Water in the English Lake District on an overcast day in May 2022.
I wanted the launch in the middle of the gap but needed a faster shutter speed and missed it faffing with the camera.
The timing for this train makes it quite difficult to photo well on the WCML. However on 15th June 2021, 56096 comes of the single line section from Searchlight Jcn with the TWo 10:29 Pinnox Branch - Crewe Basford Hall.
The sun has just moved round and being so high removes a lot of the shadow.
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On a cold, Winter day, the fog briefly lifts to reveal this beautiful scene, before closing-in again a few minutes later! --- Rannoch Moor, Highland (Jan 2012).
THIS WAS TAKEN IN AKAROA NEW ZEALAND, TIMING WAS CRAZY, I LITERALLY TURNED AROUND AND TOOK THIS PIC. IVE NEVER SEEN BIRDS IN A SUCH A PERFECT FORMATION.
A funky shaped, moss covered root wad along the Kispiox River, British Columbia. Lucky timing, set up the shot just in time for a thin spot in the clouds to spotlight the area.
Well, not so much perfect timing of catching the coffee being poured but more like perfect timing for eating this wonderful piece of cake!!
Today's my birthday so a nice piece of cake and a strong black coffee, perfect!!
Oh, yes, I'm 21 (again!!)
Our Daily Challenge ~ Timing Is Everything ....
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The WLMNTW (Willmar, MN to Northtown Yard) manifest heads east out of Waverly with a GP50 on point with a pair of SD40-2s behind it. Here they pass the iconic barn east of town. I got word this was coming east, so I decided to try this shot of the barn off Highway 12 for once. I came here from the east to shoot the train, and no sooner than 15 seconds after I arrived the train appeared. Probably some of the best timing I've had with a train.
I went to look at today's stats (so far), and came upon this number for that moment. In the last five minutes it jumped up to 1,254. As I said, this picture has perfect timing.
In a fluke crossing, 291U crosses W566 west of Blackheath. W566 is the normal Lithgow to Sydney service on a Sunday afternoon. 291U was an ATP testing run from Katoomba to Mt Victoria where the set would stable in the yard overnight.
This was the third and final weekend of ATP testing between Mt Victoria and Lithgow ahead of the final comissioning. Despite the V-Sets not being fitted with ATP, the comissioning of the system from Sydney to Lithgow will allow the safe operation of the New Intercity Fleet when the sets are permitted into revenue service.
As we sat unloading at St. Clair we watched these two vessels approaching us and wondered where they would pass. Unbelievably it was a perfect broadside to our elevated vantage point on the Walter J. McCarthy. Downbound was the vintage laker Mississagi and upbound was the salty Jule. Pure luck.
Outside, every day, as much as possible. Still (mostly) working for me.
Long run this morning.
Long walk this afternoon. This spot, a mere mile from our house, a favorite.
In the midst of the madness, goodness. We're still one-day-at-a-timing it, and it's still enough. So there's that.
Back in early December, I watched the movie VIOLETTE. The movie featured Violette Leduc and her relationship with Simone Beauvoir. Learning that Leduc was praised, as a writer, by Camus, Sartre, and Beauvoir, I immediately ordered her autobiographical book. When it did not arrive anywhere near the time predicted, Amazon asked if I still wanted to keep my order active. I did. Then, as more time passed, I forgot about the book until it arrived, four months later, on my birthday!
It is a great book. It was a great surprise.